Improvement in corsets



Corsets.

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MOBITZ cons, or new YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN coRsETs.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,893; datedAprill5, 1873yapplicationfiled- I January 30, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORITZ GoHN, of New York city, in the State of NewYork, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part ofthis application.

Previous to my invention it has been customary in the manufacture ofcorsets to weave the material with pocket-like openings or passagesrunning through from edge to edge, or all stopped and finished off at auniform dis tance from the edge, and adapted to receive the bones, whichare inserted to stay the woven fabric, and which serve as braces to giveshape to and support the figure of the wearer. This method ofmanufacturing the corsets necessarily involves a great deal of handlabor, and, consequently, expense, in stitching up the ends where theyare woven with pockets running through from edge to edge to hold thebones in place; or, else the upper ends of the bones are necessarily alllocated at a uniform distance from the edge, resulting in a lessperfectly-shaped corset than is produced by following out myinvention.

I propose, by my invention, to overcome the objections just named andproduce a corset in which the location or position of the bones endwiseshall be predetermined with the accuracy of the jacquard in the processof weaving the corset stuff or material, while I at the same time effecta great saving of labor and expense, and give a more perfect shape. Myinvention has for its main object, therefore, not only the production ofa better article but also a reduction in the cost of manufacture; and tothese ends my invention consists in having the pocketlike openings orpassages into which the bones are put closed up near one end at thatpoint at which it is designed to have the end of each bone located, aswill be hereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and perfectly understand myinvention,I will proceed to more fully describe it, referring by lettersto the accompanying drawing, in

which, for the purpose of illustration, I have represented two corsets,one made according to the mode of manufacture heretofore most generallypracticed, the other according to my new method.

It will be seen by reference to Figures 1 and 2 that the bones to areheldor secured in place endwise in the pockets b of the corset-materialG by stitching e, which is done after the insertion of the bone, andretains the bone endwise by closing up the passage-way or pocket inwhich it is located. This is in accordance with or illustrates the modeof manufacture originally practiced, and only depart ed from prior to myinvention, as heretofore explained.

At Figs. 3, 4, and 5 is illustrated, in eleva tion and longitudinal andcross sections, a corset made according to my improved plan.

In these figures, A is the woven fabric of the corset, which, in lieu ofbeing made with. pocket'like openings or passages running through fromedge to edge, or up to a uniform distance from the edge, I propose tohave woven with pockets or passages, which extend from one edge of thefabric toward the other, but stop short of the latter at such point or1ocality as is predetermined for the location of the end of each bone,according to the design or shape to be given to the corset, as shown.The fabric is woven with the pockets extending, as seen, from one edge,B, of the fabric to the points, I), e, d, &c., and from these points outto the edge F the fabric is woven solid or with; out any passages. f frepresent the bones, which are made of the proper length, and areinserted from the edge B or at the open ends of the pockets. After theirinsertion the bones are pushed home to the bottom of theirrespectivepockets, when the months or open ends of the said pockets areclosed up by the stitching and binding of the edge B of the corset, andthe perfect retention of the bones thus effected.

It will be understood that by forming the corset, as described, withpockets closed at one end, and weaving in such pockets of varyinglengths, I am enabled to determine in the man ui'acture of thecorset-fabric the precise points to which the subsequently insertedbones shall extend, and thus pattern any number of corsets exactly alikeand to the most desirable model.

Corsets made according to my improved plan, it will be seen, can be madeto a perfect and regular pattern, will be more desirable in appearance,and can be produced at less cost than those made according to the modeof manufacture practiced previous to my invention.

I am aware of and do not claim a Woven corset with the pockets stoppedand finished off at a uniform distance from the edge; I am also aware ofand do not claim a hand-made corset with pockets of varying lengthsstitched on; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A corset having the pockets for the reception of the bones formed in theweaving and varying in length relatively to each other, as desired,substantially in the manner, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. 7

M. OOHN. [1 s.'|

In presence of-= J. N. MoINrIRE, GEO. A. GREENWOOD.

